The local authority strand of the national surveillance camera strategy as been working on a framework service level agreement document to help local authorities and police forces write their own agreements. Read about how this work is developing and get involved.

The industry strand of the national surveillance camera strategy involves those who manufacture, plan, design, install maintain and monitor of surveillance camera systems. Read about what's happening on this work strand.

Hi, I’m Mike Lees and I’ve recently been asked by Tony Porter to take up the reins of the Voluntary Adopters strand of his National Surveillance Camera Strategy for England and Wales. You might be asking yourself – what’s a …

Hi, I’m Tony Gleason Treasurer at the Public CCTV Managers’ Association (PCMA) and CCTV Manager at Bournemouth Borough Council. I jointly lead (with Neil Harvey PCMA Chair and Operations Manager at Nottingham Control Centre) the local authorities strand of the …

After a year of hard work I’m delighted to be able to launch a national surveillance camera strategy for England and Wales, to help keep people safe in public places and respect their right to privacy. It’s a strategy that …

Hey there, it’s Alastair Thomas here. Once of the Home Office, which I left in December 2015. Tony Porter has hired me to project manage the development of the new National Surveillance Camera Strategy. Tony also invited me to write …

There’s been quite a lot in the press recently about local authorities turning off their CCTV schemes. Westminster Council is turning off their scheme as they can’t afford to run it and it’s the same in Newbury and Havant. Austerity …

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